copy (v.) Copy link Outline I. To write, etc., according to an originalII. In gen. to imitate closely1. ĭmĭtor, 12. exscrībo, 3 (rare in this sense)3. rĕfĕro4. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 35. sĕquor, cutus, 3 • copy (v.): I. To write, etc., according to an original: descrībo, transcrībo, exscrībo: v. transcribe. Phr.: to c. pictures, imagines exscribere atque pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1: also transcribere, Plin. alter. II. In gen. to imitate closely: 1. ĭmĭtor, 1: v. imitate. 2. exscrībo, 3 (rare in this sense): to c. any one's character with wonderful exactness, mores alicujus mira similitudine ex., Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9. 3. rĕfĕro: v. resemble, reproduce. 4. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3: a law c.'d from nature, lex expressa ad naturam, Cic. 5. sĕquor, cutus, 3: v. follow.